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vBe it 'kn'own that I, J. M. COOMBS, of Bostoinin the` county of' Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, hav

invented certain new and useful improvements in Colnbined Name-Plates and Letter-Slides for Doors, &c.; and I dollerebydeclare that the following, 4taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of' this specification, is a description of my invention sutiicient to'enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

My invention consists-in certain -vr'natters of detail by which letter-slides are easily and conveniently appliedl to doors or other suitable places, and by which anameplatc is secured to the letter-slide or chute, so as to cover the same to keep out cold air, dust, rain, and snow, without having to insert bolts or screws through or intothe door, and in such a way that the whole may be easilydetaehed and other plates and-chutes substituted by new tenants, as occasion may require.

Figure 1, ofthe drawings, shows in front eleva-tion a combined name-plate and letter-chute embodying my invention, the plate being elevated to disclose the chute.' I

'Figure'l is a vertical cross-section taken on the line z z, seen in fig. 1.

a is the door Or other part to which the plate and chute are aixed, and throng-h itv is mortised a hole of suitable size and lbevel corresponding to the exte'riorotl the chute. The chute is made of two pieces, b ande, each with its flange, d and e, these tianges' making an interior and `exterior finish, covering the joint between the wood and the metal. These Atwo parts of the chute are held together by the late hj, whiclnin its construction and mode of operation, is clearly seen in fig-r2, the latch preferably being made as a spring.' Instead ot having thc chute vmade as just-described, the latch f might be dispensed with, and the part b continued to the lange e, this then being'secured to b bysmall screws. -On the upper part of flange d'projections g are'made, to which the plateh is hinged or pivoted` so that it will be seen that the plate is secured tothe chute,v and not directly to the doorV a, as has been usual. On the inner surface of the plate isa -springfcateh,' t', which holds the plate when,in the position shown in red lines, 2, and keeps the chute closed against any currents of air, thoughallowing the plate to be easily lifted by properly directed effort. The wooden piece j, on the door, and beneath the ilange d, can he used as a fitting-piece by reducing its' thickness in accordance with the distance between the flanges d and e. v

I claim th`c cohibincd arrangement, as and for the purposes set forth, of a nameplate pivoted to a iange,l

which has a metallic chute `fixed thereunto, by which the ilange and plate are held to the surface with .which the back O'f said fla-ngc is in contact.

Also, constructing the metallic chute in two pieccs,ea ch with ana'cxterior ange, and uniting'aud holding them in their place by means of the spring-latchf. v

JOSEPHM. OOOMBS.

Witnesses:

J. B. CROSBY, F. GOULD. 

